Written on the demise of Ustaaz Wahiddun Khan (1925-2021) Darkness has descended! The atmosphere has become bleak and gloomy. A sun that dazzled for almost a century on the horizons of this decadent u...
(This obituary was penned by the author in 1964 at the demise of Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru.) The passing away of the Indian Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru is a major tragedy in the events of th...
(Written on the demise of Altaf Mahmood Chaudhry 1 ) He was a dreamer; overtly ambitious. Yet not for himself – but for many projects of education and welfare. He was a man with a mission. Visionary t...
( This obituary was penned by the author in 1964 at the demise of Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. ) The passing away of the Indian Prime Minister, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru is a major tragedy in the events of...
In the wee hours of 22nd April, Al-Mawrid lost its senior most research fellow: Abdus Sattar Ghauri. He was almost 80 years old. As the father figure of this institute, he was loved and cherished by e...
Ghauri sāhib was a rare man: down to earth, extremely polite, a devout believer, tolerant, friendly, and a genuine and devoted scholar of his field. He did a deal with His God to get an extension in l...
Received news from Dr Shehzad Saleem on 22nd of April that our dear and beloved Abdus Sattar Ghauri sāhib (b. 1935) had passed away. Ironically, I also received recording of a couplet by Hasan Ilyas a...
My talk had just finished and I was being greeted by some of the members of the audience. I saw him coming towards me with a smile and in a very gentle manner. He said al-salāmu ‘alaykum , and then ga...
Respected Abdus Sattar Ghauri was a significant intellectual figure in Islamic scholarship of Pakistan. He was a great teacher, educationist, researcher, and author. In academic circles, he was recogn...
When I started learning religion from both the mentor and his student, Mawlānā Amīn Ahsn Islāhī and Javed Ahmad Ghāmidī sāhib, almost at the same time from 1980 onward, the few people I knew who were...
If passion for preaching can make a person aggressive yet humane, selfish yet selfless, obsessive yet considerate, impulsive yet compassionate, then this well and truly is the portrait of our dear Muh...
Drenched with the love of the Quaid and Pakistan, Brigadier Noor Husain would inspire everyone who heard him talk. His demeanour exuded grace and poise. He had a regal air about him. One could spend h...
The cold-blooded murder of our dear Dr Muhammad Farooq Khan just over a year ago had shook all of us to the core and today while we still have not recovered from that shock, a second shock has jolted...
He lived like an undaunted warrior and died the death of a martyr. For the past few years, he gallantly stared death in its eyes as he continued to vehemently condemn terrorism and militancy. His armo...
(Written on the demise of Dr Isrār Ahmad) Dr Isrār Ahmad died in his sleep in the wee hours of 14th of April. The angel of death took him away from this world after he had spent almost eight decades i...
Professor Dr Muhammad Hamīdullāh, widely known across the Islamic world, in the Indian subcontinent and in Europe and North America for his seminal and outstanding contributions to the advancement of...
The dawn of October 1st 2003 took away from us Khalid Masud, a man whose life epitomized sincerity, devotion and hard work. He was one of the most prominent pupils of the profound Qur’ānic scholar Amī...
The world of Islam has lost a great scholar in Professor Muhammad Hamīdullāh, who passed away quietly in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, on December 17, 2002. He was 94. His funeral prayer was led by his...
Mawlānā Abu’l Hasan ‘Alī Nadwī, an Islamic scholar of global repute, breathed his last at his native village in Rai Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh on December 31, 1999. He was 85. President of All...
Shaykh Nāsir Uddīn Albānī, a great scholar of Hadīth of present times died a couple of months ago. The following email which describes his life and works was received on 5-10-99. (Editor) Assalāmu Ala...
